BILL NUMBER: ACR 82	CHAPTERED  01/28/00

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER   12
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   JANUARY 28, 2000
	ADOPTED IN SENATE   JANUARY 27, 2000
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY   JANUARY 27, 2000

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Members Aroner and Bock
   (Coauthor: Senator Perata)

                        AUGUST 17, 1999

   Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 82--Relative to the Officer
James Williams Memorial Overpass.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 82, Aroner.  Officer James Williams Memorial Overpass.
   This measure would designate the overpass on the Interstate 580
freeway at 38th Avenue in Oakland the "Officer James Williams
Memorial Overpass."
   The measure also would request the Department of Transportation to
determine the cost of appropriate plaques and markers showing that
special designation, and, upon receiving donations from nonstate
sources sufficient to cover that cost, to erect those plaques and
markers.




   WHEREAS, Oakland Police Officer James Williams, Jr., died in the
line of duty on January 10, 1999; and
   WHEREAS, This unfortunate incident started when a shotgun was
discarded onto the freeway by suspects who were fleeing from the
police; and
   WHEREAS, Officer Williams was helping to locate the weapon and was
assisting in its recovery when a sniper began firing at the
responding officers from the southwest side of the 38th Avenue
Interstate 580 overpass in Oakland; and
   WHEREAS, Officer Williams was hit by the sniper's bullets and died
of those injuries; and
   WHEREAS, Officer Williams is survived by his wife, Sabrina, and
his three small children, ten-year-old Alexander, five-year-old
Aaron, and four-year-old Ariana; and
   WHEREAS, Officer Williams, who was formerly a police officer in
New Orleans, had just graduated from the police academy and was still
in training at the time of his death; and
   WHEREAS, Officer Williams was dedicated to the protection of the
citizens of Oakland; and
   WHEREAS, It is appropriate that the overpass on Interstate 580 at
38th Avenue in Oakland be dedicated to the memory of this officer who
made the ultimate sacrifice in the service of the people of this
state; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the overpass on Interstate 580 at 38th
Avenue in Oakland be designated the "Officer James Williams Memorial
Overpass"; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Department of Transportation is requested to
determine the cost of appropriate plaques and markers, consistent
with the signing requirements for the state highway system, showing
that special designation, and, upon receiving donations from nonstate
sources sufficient to cover that cost, to erect those plaques and
markers; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the Department of Transportation and to the author
for appropriate distribution.
